Saturday, June 18, 10:30am to 12:30pm | Bronxville, NY Village Retreats Renée Byers of Renée Byers Landscape Architect, P.C. Renée Byers, whose work is featured in Private Paradise: Contemporary American Gardens, by Charlotte M. Frieze, specializes in residential and estate landscape architecture in the Northeast. This Dialogue features two gardens in the historic Masterton Wood and Elm
A traveling photographic exhibit of landscape architect Lawrence Halprin's work is at The Boston Architectural College from September 12 - November 17, 2018. The exhibit was previously on display at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. The exhibit chronicles Halprin's life and work and was created in recognition of his 100th birthday. Halprin was
As urban growth continues at a relentless pace, Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, FAAR, believes it is crucial for landscape architects to weave a site’s history into new designs, but not in ways that are nostalgic or staid. He points to Philadelphia’s Society Hill and the Russell Page Garden at The Frick Collection as early inspirations for managing change with continuity. More recent projects
Organized and presented by The Cultural Landscape Foundation, this daylong symposium will focus on New York City just as the city’s Department of City Planning (DCP) is actively engaging with communities throughout the five boroughs to advance their own zoning and land use strategies in an effort to “reduce flood risks and support the city’s
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander’s declaration—a challenge to her fellow landscape architects—is the impetus for an October 2021 symposium about the role of the profession of landscape architecture in addressing climate change. Oberlander is the namesake of the new Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize, which was conceived by The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) to honor designers who,
“The day that I dedicated myself to call myself D.I.R.T., that was the day that I just stuck my flag in the ground, albeit being toxic ground, and I just said, you know, this is my life’s work ... And I think of Cornelia , and I think about her planting her flag in the
